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Aonyx[1]
Lutra capensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Placentalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Mustelidae
Genus: Lutra
Subgenus: Aonyx
Lesson, 1827[2]
Type species
Aonyx delalandi[a][1]
Lesson, 1827
Aonyx distribution
A. capensis in red, A. congicus in blue (purple where overlapping), A. cinereus in green
Synonyms[3][1]

Aonyx is a subgenus of otters in the genus Lutra, containing two species, the African clawless otter and the Congo clawless otter. The word aonyx means "clawless", derived from the prefix a- ("without") and onyx ("claw/hoof").

Taxonomy

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Two species are currently recognised:

Subgenus Aonyx – two species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
African clawless otter

 Lutra capensis
Schinz, 1821

Five subspecies
  • A. c. capensis (Schinz, 1821)
  • A. c. hindei (Thomas, 1905)
  • A. c. meneleki (Thomas, 1903)
  • A. c. microdon (Pohle, 1920)
  • A. c. philippsi (Hinton, 1921)
sub-Saharan Africa
Map of range		 Size:

Habitat:

Diet:		  NT 

Congo clawless otter

 Lutra congica
(Lönnberg, 1910)		 Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Rwanda, Uganda, and possibly Burundi and Nigeria
Map of range		 Size:

Habitat:

Diet:		  NT 

Notes

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  1. ↑ Type species by subsequent designation (Palmer 1904).

References

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  1. 1 2 3 Wozencraft, W. C. (2005). "Genus Aonyx". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 601–602. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ↑ Lesson, Réné-Primeverre (1827). "XCIIe Genre. Aonyx, Aonyx". Manuel de mammalogie, ou histoire naturelle des mammifères. Paris: Roret. p. 157. BHL page 54207625.
  3. ↑ Palmer, T. S. (1904). Index generum mammalium. North American Fauna. Vol. 23. Washington: Government Printing Office. pp. 111, 830. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.39809.
  4. ↑ Murray, A. (1860). "Contributions to the Fauna of Old Calabar – Mammals". Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh. 2: 156–159.
  5. ↑ Agassiz, L. (1846). Nomenclatoris Zoologici: Index Universalis. Solodurum: Jent et Gassmann. pp. 24, 27.
  6. ↑ Lesson, R. P. (1842). "S.-Genre: Leptonyx, Less.". Nouveau Tableau du Règne Animal: Mammifères. Paris: Arthus Bertrand. p. 72.
  7. ↑ Allen, J. A. (1919). "Preliminary Notes on African Carnivora". Journal of Mammalogy. 1 (1): 23–31. doi:10.1093/jmammal/1.1.23. JSTOR 1373716.
  8. ↑ Hinton, M. A.C. (1921). "Paraonyx, a new genus of clawless otter discovered by Capt. J. E. Philipps, M.C., in Central Africa". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 9. 7 (38): 194–200. doi:10.1080/00222932108632510.
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